Burley Family

This information concerns three generations of the Burley family.
1700-1800

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 • Spelling variations and transcriptions encountered in records and indexes: Burley, Burly, Berley, Baley, Presley

   _?_ Burley born: ( ) in
married: ( ) in
children: John Frederick
died: ( ) in
buried:
census:
note: A John Burley, who might be the father of John Frederick Burley, is listed on the 1788 and 1790 census roll in Wayne County, NC, with a male < 16 years old.

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   John Frederick born: (about 1785) in SC
married: Harriet C. Yarbrough (about 1827) in Abbeville County, SC
children: B. Franklin, Eliza Drucilla, John Yarbrough, William, Richard, Mary Frances, Ann Susan , James Burns
died: (1875) in AR?
buried:
census: On the 1820 and 1830 census, he was in Abbeville County, SC; on the 1840 census, in Pickens County, AL; on the 1850 census, in Claiborne Parish, LA
note:

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   B. Franklin born: (about 1828) in Abbeville County, SC
married: Catherine _?_ ( ) in
children: Francis M., Charles C., Eliza, Sarah E., Alice C.
died: ( ) in
buried:
census: On the 1850 census, he was with his parents in Claiborne Parish, LA; on the 1860 and 1870 census, in Natchitoches Parish, LA;
note:
   Eliza Drucilla born: (March 5, 1830) in Abbeville County, SC
married: James Monroe Burns (November 11, 1848) in Lafayette County, AR
children: James Monroe, Andrew J., Henry F., William Burke
died: (March 6, 1856) in Shongaloo, Claiborne Parish, LA
buried: Old Shongaloo Cemetery, Shongaloo, Claiborne Parish, LA
census: On the 1850 census, she was with her husband in Lafayette County, AR; on the 1860 census, her husband was with his second wife, her sister, in Claiborne Parish, LA
note: Her name is possibly Sarah Eliza Drucilla. According to the 1850 census, she is listed as Sarah E. Burns.
   John Yarbrough
 		born: (August 1831) in Abbeville County, SC
married: Sarah Jane Watson ( ) in
children: John F., Amanda [McWilliams], Susan N., Harriet Jane [Baker], Sydney B., Arthur F., James T.
died: (after 1901) in LA
buried:
census: On the 1850 census, he was with his parents in Claiborne Parish, LA; on the 1860 census, with his wife in Claiborne Parish, LA; on the 1870 and 1880 census, in Columbia County, AR; on the 1900 census, with his son in Columbia County, AR
note: The initial Y might be for "Yarbrough" since that is his mother's maiden name. His daughter Susan, age 22, is recorded on the 1880 mortality schedule for Columbia County, AR, as having died in February.
   William born: (about 1833) in SC
married: Elizabeth _?_ ( ) in
children: George Scott, Penelope, Charles J., Westly, Joseph, William Harrison
died: (about 1868) in Natchitoches Parish, LA
buried:
census: On the 1850 census, he was with his parents in Claiborne Parish, LA; on the 1870 census, his widow Elizabeth was in Natchitoches Parish, LA
note:
   Richard born: (about 1838) in SC
married: () in
children:
died: ( ) in
buried:
census: On the 1850 census, he was with his parents in Claiborne Parish, LA; on the 1860 census, with D. MacRae in Columbia County, AR;
note:
   Mary Frances born: (about 1840) in AL
married: William Tim Jones (April 23, 1854) in Columbia County, AR
children: William Frank, Martin
died: ( ) in
buried:
census: On the 1850 census, she was with her parents in Claiborne Parish, LA; on the 1860 census, with her husband in Columbia County, AR
note: James Monroe Burns was a J. P. and officiated at their marriage. William was killed during the Civil War while serving in the CSA. He served in the Columbia Guards, Company G Arkansas's 6th Regiment, he was mortally wounded at Murfreesboro, Tennessee. He served with his brothers Enoch and Crawford, sons of Clisby Riffs Jones,
   Ann Susan
   (Susie) 		born: (1845) in MS or Pickens County, AL?
married: (a) James Monroe Burns (July 10, 1859) in Columbia County, AR
                 (b) James Alvin Daugherty (December 5, 1872) in Columbia County, AR
children: (a) Genio, Byron, Frances Cornelia (Fanny)
                 (b) Cornelia (Nell) and William (Bill)
died: ( ) in
buried:
census: On the 1850 census, she was with her parents in Claiborne Parish, LA; on the 1860 and 1870 census, with her husband in Claiborne Parish, LA; on the 1880 census, she was with her second husband in Hunt County, TX
note:
   James Burns born: (about 1849) in LA
married: ( ) in
children:
died: ( ) in
buried:
census: On the 1850 census, he was with his parents in Claiborne Parish, LA;
note

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